Stephen Swanson's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 2145156 games
Stephen Swanson, from Scotland, has 156 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Stephen Swanson most often opens with 1.e4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White79 games · +23 =24 −32 · 44%
As Black77 games · +26 =23 −28 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening72%57 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening22%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%17 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense36%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense19%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d642%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense21%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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